{"cve":"CVE-2006-5437","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-20T23:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:31:11.727","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in upgrade.php in phpAdsNew 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the phpAds_config[language] parameter.  NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a third party","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448994/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449084/100/0/threaded","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29640","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448994/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449084/100/0/threaded"],"products":["phpadsnew:phpadsnew"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5437","score":0.01658,"percentile":0.76634,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}